Have you noticed that most public speakers tend to speak beyond their allotted time? The same speakers later casually apologize to the audience for doing so before initiating a hasty question answer session. It would be way more ...
Category: Timer
A Timer script on being mindful
Delivering a stupendous speech can be a tough task if your eye and attention is always on the clock. You know you have a limited time as a speaker but repeatedly glancing at the clock is not the right way to be mindful ...
A Timer’s script on not wasting people’s time
Do you know what the easiest way to spoil someone’s mood is? Just waste their time. Keep them waiting at a restaurant or show them a third rated movie or make them listen to a needlessly long, beaten around the bush talk. If you are not careful, the third example can be you and you would be ...
A timer’s script on keeping it short
Time is a fairly broad topic. I can talk about it from ten different angles and hog two hours while doing so. But none of you would like it, would you? The point is that while we can speak on any subject for hours on end, but the time our audience ...
Timer script based on elevator pitch
Do you know what an elevator pitch is? It’s a persuasive speech about your business that is no longer than 20 to 30 seconds. While most of us may never have to give an actual elevator pitch but the ...
A Timer script on color coded signals
Color coded signals are used in a variety of ways in our lives. We use them in traffic lights to discipline vehicles, in football to warn players and in Toastmasters to signal our speakers their time limits ...
A timer script for online meetings with a peculiar reasoning
There are many advantages to speaking on the clock. Everybody gets their due share of speaking time, the meeting concludes as scheduled, you get qualified for voting and most importantly the tech ...
A timer script with a versatile quote
All good things must come to an end. And sadly that’s true about our speeches as well. No matter how great a piece of art they are, speeches must conclude before they wear out the listeners. In Toastmasters ...
A humorous timer script on google maps
Every time I start out from my office to reach our meeting venue, I check Google maps to get an idea about the time it would take me to cover the distance. And every time, Google is almost accurate. Pause for a moment and think. If Google can be so accurate down ...
A timer script on being qualified
“You are qualified.” Don’t these words sound like music to your ears? Be it a credit card, a job vacancy or a sports competition, being qualified gives you a sense of pride. And so it is in Toastmasters as well. In every ...
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